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About Our Art Gallery & Event Venue in San Diego – Sparks Gallery Skip to content Item added to your cart View cart Check out Continue shopping OUR STORY Located in the Sterling Hardware Building in the Gaslamp Quarter District of downtown San Diego, Sparks Gallery is a contemporary art gallery and serves as a premier mid-sized event venue for both public and private gatherings. Our Mission In the 1880s, as San Diego began to flourish, the "Stingaree" district was a place of wild reputation, where visitors were "stung" by the area’s vices as surely as by the stingrays in the nearby bay. Just across the street, lawman Wyatt Earp frequented the Tivoli Bar, watching the city grow into its own. By 1924, our historic building rose to meet a need: utility. For nearly a century, our walls housed the Sterling Hardware Company, providing physical tools and materials, serving as a mainstay for the families and businesses that built San Diego from the ground up. As the current stewards of this historic space, we recognize that while the city has been built, our need for meaningful connection has only grown. In a world often blurred by a digital fog, the tools we need today are no longer industrial… they are experiential. We have reimagined this space not just as a landmark, but as a cultural nexus. Our mission is to bridge the gap between the historic roots of the venue and today’s need for true connection.…

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Alexander Arshansky Solo: Still Looking

Alexander Arshansky

San Diego

Apr 25, 2026

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Optimus Volts: We Are The Dreamers ...

Optimus Volts

Jun 22, 2019

Paisanos México

Dec 13, 2022

Figmented Reality

Daniel Ketelhut

Oct 24, 2022

GuruShots Photo Exhibition: San Diego

San Diego

Jul 16, 2022

Alexander Arshansky / Silent Witness

Alexander Arshansky

Oct 25, 2021

Perry Vásquez / Oasis

Perry Vásquez

Aug 14, 2021

Kelsey Overstreet / THE WAY WE MOVE

Kelsey Overstreet

Jun 16, 2021

Minis 2021

Apr 23, 2021

Veronica Bruce Woodward / REVISIONS

Veronica Bruce Woodward

Apr 20, 2021

Julia San Román / GLIMMER

Julia San Román

Feb 11, 2021

minis 2020 / A Group Show

May 21, 2020

Abstracts / A Group Show

Mar 12, 2020

Featured Works: Looking Forward

Brennan Hubbell, Alexander Arshansky

Mar 12, 2020

Linda Litteral: Pathways / A Solo Show

Linda Litteral

Dec 20, 2019

Contemporary Still Life / A Group Show

Dec 20, 2019

Contemporary California Sculpture /...

Dec 8, 2019

Duke Windsor: Radiance / A Solo Show

Duke Windsor

San Diego

Nov 6, 2019

Array 2019 / A Group Show

Oct 17, 2019

Uptown Meets Downtown / A Group Show

Sep 3, 2019

Alexander Arshansky Solo Exhibition

Alexander Arshansky

Dec 24, 2024

Glimmer & Remnants / Palimpsestuous Activity

Julia San Román, Daniel Ketelhut

Sep 17, 2024

Charlene Mosley: Embrace Your Inner Wild

Charlene Mosley

Aug 24, 2024

Duke Windsor: "Reflections"

Duke Windsor

Mar 25, 2024

Alexander Arshansky: "Best in Show"

Alexander Arshansky

Mar 11, 2024

Evgeniya Golik: "Esoterica"

Evgeniya Golik

Feb 26, 2024

Monty Montgomery: "Intersection"

Monty Montgomery

Jan 20, 2024

Tiffany Bociek: "Enduring Exuberance"

Tiffany Bociek

Oct 13, 2023

Curatorial Selections 2025

Aug 16, 2023

Stefanie Bales: "Amor Terrae: Letters to the Wild"

Stefanie Bales

Jul 23, 2023

Illustrating Spain Exhibition

Jul 14, 2023

Relational Gradient

Annalise Neil

Jun 11, 2023

Dramatis Personae

Cheryl Tall

Feb 12, 2023

Under One Sky

San Diego

Feb 5, 2026

Daniel Ketelhut Solo - "Shifting Realities"

Feb 5, 2026

GuruShots Photography Exhibit Fall 2025

San Diego

Sep 1, 2025 — Oct 27, 2025

Kathleen Kane-Murrell Solo Exhibition: Chasing ...

San Diego

Mar 28, 2025 — May 23, 2025

Elemental: Oceanside Museum of Art Artist Alliance

San Diego

Mar 28, 2025 — May 23, 2025

Duke Windsor Solo Exhibition: Convergence

Feb 10, 2025 — Apr 7, 2025

Wayfinding in Suspended Times

Kathleen Kane-Murrell

San Diego

Mar 23, 2023 — May 7, 2023

Duke Windsor: "Reverence"

Duke Windsor

Jul 4, 2022 — Aug 29, 2022

Khalid Alkaaby: "The Path of Light"

Khalid Alkaaby

Jun 26, 2022 — Aug 21, 2022

Charlene Mosley: "Pollinators" with "minis 2022"

Charlene Mosley

Mar 10, 2022 — May 5, 2022

Gina Palmerin / Icons and Legends

Gina Palmerin

Jan 12, 2022 — Mar 9, 2022

Size Matters 2022

San Diego

Jan 11, 2022 — Mar 8, 2022

Allied Craftsmen 2020

Nov 2, 2020 — Dec 28, 2020

Christopher Polentz / The Promised Land

Christopher Polentz

Oct 23, 2020 — Dec 18, 2020

Jens Rossen / Segues

Jens Rossen

San Diego

Sep 15, 2020 — Nov 10, 2020

Sherry Krulle-Beaton / A Radiant Path

Sherry Krulle-Beaton

Aug 12, 2020 — Oct 7, 2020

Gallery Selections 2020

Jul 21, 2020 — Sep 15, 2020

Small Sculpture Show

Cheryl Tall, Ron Carlson, Sasha Koozel Reibstein

Jun 26, 2020 — Aug 21, 2020

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2026 Spring Arts Preview: The top visual art exhibitions we’re excited about this season
The article previews the spring 2026 visual arts season in San Diego County, highlighting a diverse range of exhibitions and events. It announces the …
exhibitionsMar 16, 2026